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Notorious People Flashcards

1
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Head of the Gambino crime family - “the teflon don”

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John Gotti

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Couple executed in 1950s for selling A-bomb secrets

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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

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He had millions put to death in Cambodia

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Pol Pot

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4
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He shot Ronald Reagan and James Brady

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John Hinkley jr.

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5
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Gang shot up in Coffeyville - Kansas

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Dalton Gang

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6
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First public enemey #1

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John Dillinger

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Skyjacker who parachuted from a 727 in 1971

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D.B. Cooper

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The Boston Strangler

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Albert DeSalvo

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Killer of 30 young women - executed in Florida - 1989

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Ted Bundy

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Hickock was holding this poker hand

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Aces and eights

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Nickname for .44 caliber killer David Berkowitz

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Son of Sam (after a dog)

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12
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Sheriff Pat Garrett killed him

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Billy the Kid

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13
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Jack McCall shot this man

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Wild Bill Hickock

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14
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He shot JFK

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Lee Harvey Oswald

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Man executed in 1936 for kidnapping Lindbergh baby

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Bruno Hauptmann

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16
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London killer of seven prostitutes - 1888

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Jack the Ripper

17
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Killer and cannibalizer of 17 men in Milwaukee

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Jeffrey Dahmer

18
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Man convicted in Oklahoma City bombing

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Timothy McVeigh

19
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The People’s Temple suicide leader - 1978

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Jim Jones

20
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1950 robbery from a Boston garage (2.7M stolen)

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Brinks robbery

21
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He shot Lee Harvey Oswald

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Jack Ruby

22
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Terrorist wanted for bombing of U.S. embassies

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Osama bin Laden

23
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Cult leader and killer of nine in Los Angeles - 1968

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Charles Manson

24
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He shot Martin Luther King Jr.

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James Earl Ray

25
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Mustachioed Chinese arch-fiend

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Fu Manchu

26
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Chicago mobster jailed for tax evasion - a.k.a. “scarface”

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Al Capone

27
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Couple gunned down by police in Louisiana - 1934

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Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow

28
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Mobster nicknamed “machine gun”

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Machine Gun Kelly

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